Essays from the London Times: Second SeriesD. Appleton, 1852 - 261 стор. |
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... believe it as much as I can , and I shall not fail to do everything in my power . " In 1811 Bickersteth was called to the bar . He was 28 years of age , and every step in life had yet to be made . His means were straitened , and he ...
... believe it as much as I can , and I shall not fail to do everything in my power . " In 1811 Bickersteth was called to the bar . He was 28 years of age , and every step in life had yet to be made . His means were straitened , and he ...
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... Believe no more , ' And heard an ever breaking shore That tumbled in the Godless deep ; " A warmth within the breast would melt The freezing reason's colder part , And like a man in wrath , the heart Stood up and answer'd , ' I have ...
... Believe no more , ' And heard an ever breaking shore That tumbled in the Godless deep ; " A warmth within the breast would melt The freezing reason's colder part , And like a man in wrath , the heart Stood up and answer'd , ' I have ...
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... believe that it is well authenticated , and has vast sig- nificance when perused with reference to Sir John Franklin and his ships ' companies . If four Russian mariners , with a few ounces of tobacco , 12 musket charges of powder and ...
... believe that it is well authenticated , and has vast sig- nificance when perused with reference to Sir John Franklin and his ships ' companies . If four Russian mariners , with a few ounces of tobacco , 12 musket charges of powder and ...
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... . By that passage " ( Wellington Channel ) , writes her ladyship to a friend , " doubt not , the ships have gone ; and by that , believe me , they must be fol- lowed . " 66 August 26 , 1852 . THE LIFE OF STERLING BY THOMAS CARLYLE . * WEAK.
... . By that passage " ( Wellington Channel ) , writes her ladyship to a friend , " doubt not , the ships have gone ; and by that , believe me , they must be fol- lowed . " 66 August 26 , 1852 . THE LIFE OF STERLING BY THOMAS CARLYLE . * WEAK.
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... believe in his heart that , if he had given himself half the trouble to detect some of its virtues , he would not in that detection have been rewarded for his industry ? In heaven's name , let us do justice in this serious matter . It ...
... believe in his heart that , if he had given himself half the trouble to detect some of its virtues , he would not in that detection have been rewarded for his industry ? In heaven's name , let us do justice in this serious matter . It ...
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Сторінка 121 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of angelic light.
Сторінка 48 - Nor thro' the questions men may try, The petty cobwebs we have spun : If e'er when faith had fall'n asleep, I heard a voice, "Believe no more," And heard an ever-breaking shore That tumbled in the godless deep; A warmth within the breast would melt The freezing reason's colder part, And like a man in wrath the heart Stood up and answer'd, "I have felt.
Сторінка 45 - As sometimes in a dead man's face, To those that watch it more and more, A likeness, hardly seen before, Comes out— to some one of his race: So, dearest, now thy brows are cold, I see thee what thou art, and know Thy likeness to the wise below, Thy kindred with the great of old.
Сторінка 45 - If it were fill'd with your most high deserts ? Though yet, heaven knows, it is but as a tomb Which hides your life and shows not half your parts. If I could write the beauty of your eyes And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would say ' This poet lies ; Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces.
Сторінка 44 - Practiser in Physic.) Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts, or slow decline, Our social comforts drop away. Well...
Сторінка 90 - We have, however, a plain precept to follow, which is, to do our duty in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call us.
Сторінка 50 - Or that the past will always win A glory from its being far, And orb into the perfect star We saw not when we moved therein?
Сторінка 89 - What the light of your mind, which is the direct inspiration of the Almighty, pronounces incredible, — that, in God's name, leave uncredited; at your peril do not try believing that. No subtlest hocus-pocus of "reason" versus "understanding" will avail for that feat; — and it is terribly perilous to try it in these provinces!
Сторінка 106 - ... till when there was some hope he might have been a prisoner, though his nearest friends, who knew his temper, received small comfort from that imagination. Thus fell that incomparable young man in the four-and-thirtieth year of his age, having so much despatched the true business of life that the eldest rarely attain to that immense knowledge, and the youngest enter not into the world with more innocency. Whosoever leads such a life, needs be the less anxious upon how short warning it is taken...
Сторінка 134 - Grote the compliment which he pays to others, "the poets, historians, orators, and philosophers of Greece, have been all rendered both more intelligible and more instructive to the student, and the general picture of the Grecian world may now be conceived with a degree of fidelity which, considering our imperfect materials, it is curious to contemplate.